Deuteronomy 30:1--31:30
things <01697> [it shall come.]
blessings <01293> [the blessing.]
reflect <07725> [thou shalt call.]
Lord <03068> [whither.]
turn .... Lord <07725 03068> [return unto.]
mind <03824> [with all thine heart.]
Lord ......................... he <03068> [then the.]
gather ...... peoples <06908 05971> [gather thee.]
This seems to refer to a more extensive captivity than that which the Jews suffered in Babylon.
distant <07097> [unto.]
Lord <03068> [thence will the.]
As this promise refers to a return from a captivity among all nations, consequently it cannot be exclusively the Babylonish captivity which is intended; and the repossession of their land must be different from that which was consequent on their return from Babylon. Nor at that period could it be said that they were multiplied more than their fathers, or, as the Hebrew imports, made greater than their fathers, when after their return they were tributary to the Persians, and afterwards fell under the power of the Greeks, under whom they suffered much; nor have their hearts, as a nation, yet been circumcised.
cleanse <04135> [will circumcise.]
Lord ................... love <0157 03068> [to love the Lord.]
abundantly successful <03498> [make thee.]
rejoice ....... prosperous ..... rejoiced <07797 02896> [rejoice over thee.]
obey <08085 06963> [hearken unto.]
turn <07725> [turn into.]
difficult <06381> [it is not hidden.]
Or as the word {niphlaith} implies, not too wonderful for thee to comprehend or perform; but easily to be acquainted with, and understood, because clearly revealed: neither is it afar off; it was proclaimed in you ears from mount Sinai, and is now proclaimed in the sanctuary: it is not in heaven; for it has been already revealed: neither is it beyond the sea; that you need travel for instruction, as the ancient philosophers did, or seek instruction from men, at immense labour and expense; but the word is very nigh to thee; brought to thy very doors; in thy mouth, and in thy heart; made so familiar as to afford a topic of common discourse, that it might be laid up in the memory and reduced to practice.
cross <05674> [Who shall.]
across ... sea ......... cross ...... side .... sea <03220 05676 05674> [go over the sea.]
very <03966> [very.]
mouth <06310> [mouth.]
love <0157> [to love.]
obey <08104> [to keep.]
aside <03824> [if thine.]
aside <03824> [heart.]
invoke heaven <05749 08064> [I call heaven.]
set <05414> [that I have.]
life .......... choose life <02416 0977> [choose life.]
descendants <02233> [that both thou.]
love <0157> [love.]
loyal <01692> [cleave.]
life <02416> [thy life.]
love ....... obey ..... loyal ............. live ... in <0157 08085 01692 03427> [thou mayest.]
hundred <03967> [I am an.]
The life of Moses, the great prophet of Jehovah and lawgiver of the Jews, was exactly the same in length as the time Noah employed in preaching righteousness to the antediluvian world. These one hundred and twenty years were divided into three remarkable periods. Forty years he lived in Egypt, in the court of Pharaoh, acquiring all the learning and wisdom of the Egyptians (Ac 7:20, 23); forty years he sojourned in Midian, in a state of preparation for his great and important mission (Ac 7:29, 30); and forty years he guided, led, and governed the Israelites under the express direction and authority of God: in all 120 years.
able ... get <03201 03318> [I can no more.]
cross <05674> [Thou shalt not.]
God <0430> [thy God.]
Joshua <03091> [and Joshua.]
[Jesus.]
Lord <03068> [And the Lord.]
commandment <04687> [according.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
fear ... tremble <03372 06206> [fear not.]
fail <07503> [he will not fail.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
accompany <0935> [for thou must.]
going <01980> [he it is that.]
fail <07503> [he will be.]
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
gave <05414> [delivered.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
carry <05375> [which bare.]
appear <07200> [to appear.]
place <04725> [in the place.]
read <07121> [thou. shalt read.]
Gather <06950> [Gather.]
<0582> [men.]
hear .... learn <08085 03925> [that they may.]
death <04191> [that thou must die.]
commission <06680> [I may give.]
present ................... themselves <03320> [presented.]
die <07901> [thou shalt.]
die <07901> [sleep. Heb. lie down.]
{Shochaiv,} "lying down:" it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much stress cannot be safely laid upon this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of Moses, had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words thus: "Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy soul {nishmatoch) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life to come, with thy fathers."
prostitute <02181> [and go a.]
reject .... break <05800 06565> [forsake me.]
break ... covenant <06565 01285> [break my.]
anger <0639> [my anger.]
abandon <05800> [I will forsake.]
hide ... face <06440 05641> [hide my face.]
Though this may allude to the withdrawing of the {Shechinah,} or visible appearance of Jehovah, yet the general meaning of the expression in Scripture is, the withdrawing of his approbation and protection, of which his visible appearance was formerly the sign and pledge.
[befal them. Heb. find them.]
disasters <07451> [Are not these.]
song ................. song <07892> [this song.]
teach ....................... Israelites <03925 01121> [and teach it.]
Put ...... mouths <07760 06310> [put it in their.]
witness <05707> [a witness.]
brought <0935> [when.]
flowing <02100> [floweth.]
eat <0398> [eaten.]
become fat <01878> [waxen fat.]
turn <06437> [then.]
song <07892> [this song.]
A sacred song, appointed to be composed by Moses, doubtless under divine inspiration; which the people were required to learn, and teach to their children from generation to generation.
against <06440> [against. Heb. before. I know.]
have in mind <06213> [go about. Heb. do.]
Joshua <03091> [he gave Joshua.]
take <0935> [shalt bring.]
writing ...... words <01697 03789> [writing the words.]
carried ... ark <0727 05375> [bare the ark.]
beside <06654> [in the side.]
witness <05707> [a witness.]
know <03045> [I know.]
stubbornness <06203 07186> [stiff neck.]
rebelled <04784> [ye have been.]
Gather ....... elders <06950 02205> [Gather unto me.]
heavens ...... witness <08064 05749> [call heaven.]
corrupt yourselves ... turn <07843 05493> [corrupt yourselves.]
Disaster .............. wickedly <07451> [and evil.]
days ... come <03117 0319> [the latter days.]
